Installing the Wire Shelf Rabbit Cage

Hey guys, here is how I installed my wire shelf rabbit cages. Thanks for watching, and God bless........................J

[@walrusfest]

real cageologist at work here. concept is brilliant!! and feeders on the inside is just genius. electrical tape bandaids forever!

[@britttanner4465]

Love the hillbilly bandaid! I thought I was the only one that did that with electrical tape....

[@scottishpet]

Stumbled onto your rabbit info. I just love your no nonsense approach to all you do. I also love how you tell everyone they can do it! Picking up my standard Rex trio in 2 days.

[@mrnutsy1]

I love the cages! Nice and roomy. I am glad you said what you did about the rabbits feet not having issues because of the cage bottom. To many people thing the rabbits pads are being cut off from the wire. It helps that you have coated wire, and I think it's important to make note of that. Plain wire will rust, which can cause issues. and galvanized will have a build up on them. Coated wire is the best way to go with the rabbit condos. Great video as always!

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

John i just love these cages you built.Makes me want to get back into rabbits again soon as i get well.

[@jadyn9988]

Deep South Homestead Please don’t use wire-bottomed cages on rabbits. It damaged their feet and the space is too little. If u really want a rabbit, get it spayed/neutered and free-roam it.

[@DeepSouthHomestead]

@@jadyn9988 These rabbits are for meat.

[@jadyn9988]

Deep South Homestead Yeah I figured... which is cruel. Rabbits are considered pets, not food. We don’t go around eating cats or dogs so why should rabbit be different? But I also understand your view and it’s not my job to decide what you do.

[@mileakin2689]

I really like those cages, I’m going to start raising rabbits this year and that’s what I’m planning on using.

[@ItsyFarm]

Great solution! No sharp points from "regular " wire, nice vinyl coated grids, good and strong. You've solved most all the questions I would have had.

[@tonyspicer383]

This man has a good mind. I thoroughly enjoyed this smart and entertaining video. Thank you Sir.

[@mio.giardino]

LOVE these cages. Not only do they look as though they will stay clean but it’s easy on their feet, that was one of the biggest issue dad had was, sore/cut feet.

[@courtnieclark4018]

Great use of whats available, I'd love to have cages made out of that. Opening from the top much easier. Prayers for you and yours. Keep making videos, there great.

[@hardwaterhunter2074]

Love the video's. Never even would have thought about that type of pen but i love the idea now.

[@alicelewis7261]

Cages looks great and the rabbits look happy and that's all that counts don't have to be fancy.

[@sandhollowhomestead6972]

Great job John! First thing I thought of was when the kits jump out of the boxes they won't fall or climb out of the case because the wire is a great size! Good stuff John! That wall covering is better than lot's of high priced barns too. You got you a Hotel Hilton! :)

[@wallaceknifeworkshomestead]

I like it. Never thought of putting feeders on the inside. Good idea

[@MarkKelly1307]

Been following your rabbit videos. I'm intrigued by the your shelving cage system - great idea! I like your videos because they're straightforward, informative & I usually get a chuckle out of something. Thank you!

[@liboriopsych]

Those are really awesome... Really ! If some manufacturer made those, only half the quality, they would be $6-800 I bet. I've been thinking about breeding rabbits, I couldn't go wrong with your advice and design. Thanks Again, +Blessings

[@JAW88]

Awesome thank you for the video. God bless you and your family.

[@carolynmiller8668]

I think those cages are brilliant!!

[@Michigansnowpony]

Those are just sweet cages John. Now quit showing 'em off on youtube, patent the design, put them into production, and start selling them. Find out where the ARBA (American Rabbit Breeders Association) shows are in your area and set up shop this summer with some. You'll make a killing! I'm serious. These are some seriously brilliantly-designed pens.

[@TexanInTheUK1]

+Michigansnowpony I completely agree!

[@alwaysincubating430]

Yes!

[@brandyswartz8024]

+Michigansnowpony I would buy them.

[@Yumadlol]

i agree

[@EbonPardus]

These cages are just awesome. I may have to try building a grow out pen with that design if I can get some of these wire cages on sale.

[@lisaheavener3508]

I just built one today! Easy Peasy Thanks!

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

That cage turned out real nice.

[@okokletsthrive]

they are beautiful

[@jimboholcomb1]

Nice work Ol bud. those cages look great.

[@bradwaters3405]

As always great job bro improvising!!!!! Wire mesh is a great idea and it makes it look really clean. Good way to safely and comfortably house your critters. Keep the flicks coming bro my wife and I can't wait till you post the next video!!!

[@Everythingpropane9507]

Awesome Cages by an Awesome Dude!!

[@robertlawton7991]

cages look awsome going to use that ideal aswell can't wait to start

[@fiore9292]

Nice improvements! Great job

[@deborapettigrew1258]

You are so smart and so creative love the vid

[@Tonnsfabrication]

Very cool idea.

[@sfetterly6200]

You've got real skills!!! I've found that whether it's animals or plants in the garden, ease of availability of nutrients makes a huge difference in the end results. Feeding fodder to your rabbits would really boost their nutrition and using worms to break down the waste would give your garden that black gold that makes them grow into giant producers. I use worms to make garden gold as well as worm casting tea, enough for my use and sell the rest ... I've had such good success that I could triple production and still not fill all the demand. Great set up you've got, but rabbits, in my opinion need outside housing, but I'll be watching your future videos. Thanks for the video

[@high_fructose_corn_syrup]

I've been watching your videos and wanted to say that I love the fact that you provide lots of space to your animals! Most people who produce their own animals for food have the very minimum space for the animals. The doe and buck cages are big! Your rabbit grow out pen is huge (smart idea using a trampoline!) Live how you added fake trees for your pheasants, it's cute! Your chickens were very helpful with that fencing! So yeah just wanted to say you rock. And I giggle EVERY TIME you say buzz buzz :)

[@resourcefulreina2273]

What an amazing personality u have... i just made 1 of ur cages. I just wanted to thank you

[@mneff69]

Nice work for shelving material and a from a non rabbit house/cage logician lol. Great idea, good way for extra income by selling some cages if you don't now. I love your ideas and keep the vife I should coming.

[@catherinedevos7185]

great idea!

[@AdventuresnfoodwithJenn]

You are the"cageologist dude "

[@PriscillaSwaney]

Wonderful job, but I have one suggestion. I would have raised them as high as I could off the ground. The reason I suggest that it would be easier to clean out from under them and as you get older you will have a harder time with the knees and back. You do such wonderful things working with what you have, making it work.

[@desertrose984]

+Penny Swaney if you had them mounted higher you would have a problem getting the rabbits in and out since they open from the top

[@PriscillaSwaney]

You're right...missed that.

[@JustinCaseSolarPower]

Very nice mate. Great Job. I hope they make lots of little rabbits for you. After all the work you put in. :)

[@notsheeple2019]

Looks Good. Rabbits are now spoiled hillbilly stew in the making

[@willmohler6828]

Looks good

[@samsqwanchey]

Man those look good, why cant my ideas ever go as planed.... lol

[@lynndutt2219]

Just beautiful!

[@susieintn9466]

Looks good John ! Wished I had that rabbit poop ! Around here in Mid TN, they get $ 15 bucks for a 5 gallon bucket full. ( and its not all poop ! ) Thanks for the video's Susie

[@DearHenryA]

The electrical tape bandage is for real men.

[@HoneyHollowHomestead]

Those old signs you put on the walls helps to brighten it up in there.

[@djpitr]

Very nice cage , so what do you have underneath them ? Or how you clean under ?

[@sorin990]

Nice cage man ! ...great video ! ...ALso, what are the dimensions for 1 rabbit cage ? (1 square box) I feel like making cages and Im a little trippy on the dimensions. And what is the sheet of everlasting wire shelf thingy that you have installed ?

[@shelmysalazarsalazar4957]

Bbadass my friend.

[@planters55]

very nice

[@will-b-tokin3879]

looks like we use the same brand of bandaid lol

[@ReinboldFarm]

Been waiting for this video! Awesome set up!!!

[@bkjustice9390]

Great idea!

[@victoriousgardener]

I love this design and bought the shelving for half off at menards to make one. Just have a question. Since this video is from about 3 years ago, how are the cages now? Have the rabbits chewed through the epoxy? Any issues or design changes ypu would make now?

[@AnnCrumsMiniHomesteadNews]

Nice setup!

[@lusnorthernhome3410]

Here is a tip for rabbit poo clean up if you can place some sort of holder under the pens and place the inexpensive foil roaster pans under them the poo drops in you can lift them out and dump them in the garden , no shoveling or scrapping. Just some lime sprinkled in.

[@chapter4travels]

How do you keep the water from freezing in the winter? Thanks.

[@hamsterloverforever1]

All I can think about is how clean these cages must stay, I wish he could build me some

[@luckyrobinshomestead]

How easy is this to clean? Does stuff wipe right off because of the coating? I'm having trouble with some of my old welded wire not wanting to come clean unless we burn it, which is a hassle.

[@TheRedneckprepper]

I like them cages bro !

[@CathyGoes]

Seriously great cages.

[@cleverkimscurios3783]

Have you had any problems with sagging on the center seam on the bottoms? Or is there some kind of support that I missed in the previous video? It looked like you just used hog rings to hold the center seam together. It's holding them all up OK still?

[@rickj8712]

John .. where can you buy the wire to make the cage ?? Love the cage absolutely awesome

[@milireich4195]

Going to make that cage for 2 bunnies but I will keep them togheter when I have them, (2 sister that are already bonded), and I'll put seaweed mats on foam for the bottom of the cage.

[@reginacarroll8149]

Thank you

[@Buckrun11]

So, you drove those stakes in until you hit rock. I have been there and I know where the rocks are. You just drove the stake past the surface dust and hit rock. That's why at stake is sticking so high out of the ground it's not in the ground! LOL Those are great cages.

[@Rebekahdavignon]

+Buckrun11 - you must live in Texas. The state is one whole rock about 4 inches down.

[@tommynorthwood]

love ya big buddy.

[@clintfulton221]

nice

[@carolinebaines8735]

Awesome!

[@gregghatfield9946]

Well why don't we ask John if he has problems with his rabbit instead of insalting his love of what he knows, 😕✌🇺🇸👍😎he does answer questions????

[@jasper777777]

That's probably the best wire for their feet you could have them on.

[@TravelersGarden_dgdr]

No animal should life on wire. The best is a solid ground!

[@jasper777777]

Bailarsonsa I beg to differ. You can ask people who work at a rabbit rescue, rabbits with dirty feet, sore hock, badly damaged feet often come from people who kept rabbits on a solid surface that didn't breath, got dirty and wet. Best surface really would be a dry layer of straw, over top off that thick/thick wire, because it would be so dry and soft.

[@TravelersGarden_dgdr]

Well, that the ground should be kept clean & dry is obvious. But straw it no the best (but of course better than wire), grass is...natural ground is. Also the cages are way too small...there is no doubt about that.

[@jasper777777]

Bailarsonsa They cages are too small. They are meat rabbit breeders who are doing it better than a lot of meat rabbit breeders do though. It would be nice if they had giant exercise pens outside on grass so they could run around in the grass. Maybe they do.

[@TravelersGarden_dgdr]

Well, I´m not really the type, who says "good job" to people, who do only the "lesser evil". Even if they only have them for meat, they´re still creatures who want a proper life...and I think, when we take their life at some point, we should respect what they need to be happy till their end. He did quite a good job with his chickens (but still a little too small space), don´t get why he treats his rabbits that much worse.

[@2261greg]

Hey dude, breathing heavy after moving that cage, lol. sorry but I got a kick out of that. Though I have no idea how heavy it was. Great video. Always fun to watch what you are up to.

[@amylou5778]

+Greg Newlands Don't be rude..

[@2261greg]

+Aemihlihn lou : rude?? You sure you understood my comment? Nothing rude about it...a little joking about the heavy breathing was just for fun. Love this guy. Please comprehend before commenting.

[@cathygoessman3960]

The naysayers seem to be completely ignoring the relaxed and curious body language of the buns.

[@cruzgutierrez4602]

Thanks

[@sierraholcomb5569]

How could I upsize this concept for Flemish giants?

[@steppingstone6797]

Love the bunny

[@TravelersGarden_dgdr]

They stand on the wire, the cages are WAY too small (in my country those small cages are considered animal abuse), they are separated from another (social animal!) and they have the same life like a prisoner living in a isolation cell. I liked your stuff with the chickens, but this with the rabbits is bad. Please reconsider.

[@katmccall5545]

Traveler's Garden - Der Garten der Reisenden the size is actually good, breeding rabbits can not be kept together for many reasons

[@ahughes7753]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE reply back. Hey John I know that you are a busy guy with all of those animals but I'm gonna get some of those shelving racks and I was wondering if you can connect the walls, bottom, and top with J clips? If not what else would you use? I hope that you reply back

[@desertrose984]

+A Hughes J clips do not work well when building these cages,we use the wire twisties they have for rebar,makes fast cage building

[@bluefrog8670]

He said in the first video he used something called "hog rings". I know I'm about 3 years late, but this way when other people read it in the future...

[@thoughtsinpassing2968]

On Doug and Stacy Homey HOmesteaders use these sign boards to lay down to block weeds in pathways. Do you have a system of collection the rabbit pellets other than scooping or raking the floor ? Would running a long piece of variegated roofing the length of the cages to catch and direct sewage to a movable container / wagon or wheelbarrow work more efficiently ? Even if it didn't catch all, some would be better than having that much on the floor and w/o running water to clean and sanitize the floor it could quickly turn into a unhealthy environment.

[@SNEAKIE]

Do you sell new zealand whites?

[@catherinegrace2366]

Haha you named your pig Pork Chop like I did.

[@rickzumi7052]

Those cage are A1

[@rachelcompton4625]

Love your videos!! And to the idiots saying cages are abuse, you obviously have never owned more than a rabbit or two! I have 12 rabbits and although I'd love to give them a natural environment, the truth is, I cannot because rabbits do not know that they shouldnt dig out (and do natural bunny things!) so to protect their lives (from getting out and getting eaten...) we must keep them in cages! Or would you rather them on the ground where they will eat all the grass in their area and have poop/urine right where they sit? Wire cages.... are cleaner! No poop at their feet. I have rabbits for meat so keeping them in cages is essential to my family's well being. If you think this is abuse, look up large operation rabbitries! They are crammed in cages (instead of 1 rabbit per cage, try 10! Small farm rabbitries like these are helping lower the number of rabbits kept in large rabbitries (since those of us that are growing our own arent buying from those large companies) If everyone would take responsibilities of their own meat, large companies would be put out of business.

[@docink6175]

when you did the build video I kept thinking "why not build it closer to the barn".. maybe that's just the lazyologist in me...

[@aleiyuh1712]

Bar flooring is really not good for rabbits just letting you guys know. It can cause sore hocks that requires medical care ☹︎

[@wslodki7804]

It can hurt their feet. Give them a little carpet or just a carton

[@Apmahea]

I think you care about your rabbits very much, so maybe just give them hay, a place to get off of the wire bottom cage, and a bigger water bowl

[@SuperRayW]

tried it and ultimately scrapped it; it's way too short, the rabbits can't even stand up, and it just felt inhumane for them to spend their whole lives like that

[@robertfirestone5743]

HAY WHAT IS THE BLACK FINGER ABOUT LOL

[@MrJay08111]

u really should us soild bottoms or bedding

[@FlamepeltofThunder]

MrJay08111 not really, that causes more harm than good in most cases.

[@blackwidow8101]

Poor little feet

[@alannahllama]

I like most your videos but these cages are too small man, how boring for the poor little things I've got mine living in a medium shed with a large run with all sorts of toys to keep them busy but small places like that must be worse then jail :/

[@miafallon8131]

“Im a pretty good dude” hummmm yeah sure you don’t consider them as pets but they are isolated from one another a lot of you will hate and disagree I wouldn’t care about this if they at least would be let out the cage for about 6 hours a day and you gave them more comfort and at least more things to play with and then cages are way to small 👍🏼you so sound like a nice guy but you just need to give them a little more love and not just use them for babies

[@_mysticblue_8468]

Its life. People gotta make their money/food. They're his rabbits that he invests his money and time in. There isn't anything wrong with what's hes doing. At least he invests his time and money into them and doesn't abuse them or something. The rabbits are provided what they need

[@itsjustiara69]

these cages are the worst you can have for them do your reacherch or dot get bunnies

[@gerikyte3286]

What a miserable life for the rabbits

[@carlplaczek2471]

This is so cruel! The cages are too small for the rabbits and wire racks can cause them to have sore feet!

[@Kotifilosofi]

The cages are still pretty damn small and unnatural... No any activites to them (or are you just going to start decoration)? And isolated from one to another? I don't care if you don't consider them as a pet, or if most of production animals had it worse. I'm just saying this is not real life to them. At least provide some straw to have something to keep busy with and company of peers. Anyhow, your consideration of hygiene is a good thing.

[@bubbleteaproductions15]

Congratulations, you're an idiot.

[@jadyn9988]

You shouldn’t keep rabbits in tiny cages or hutches...

[@frenchrabbit6974]

Rat atatat it’s because they kill them for food... :(

[@jadyn9988]

[Yanni Chan] ik it’s very sad... it’s like why would you kill a pet rabbit and not a pet dog or cat.

[@frenchrabbit6974]

mhm.. :(

[@memethehusky2025]

I guess men don't care about rabbit because I u give them sore hocks wire bottoms 😬😠

[@danielbaker5629]

memethehusky 202 wire cage acually prevent sore hocks 😂😂

[@emmysanimals4142]

this is just sad

[@bubbleteaproductions15]

Emmys Animals Congratulations, you're an idiot.

[@Pr3tty_li3s]

Bunnies can’t live in cages that have wire floors it’s really bad for them and those cages are really small